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The French-German TV Channel [[Arte]] showed a documentary called "Alt in Japan" (Old in Japan) on 6 November 2006 dealing with old age workers in Japan. In 2008, karōshi again made headlines: a death back in 2006 of a key [[Toyota Motor Corporation|Toyota]] engineer who averaged over 80 hours overtime each month was ruled as a result of overwork. His family was awarded benefits after his case was reviewed.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080709/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_overwork_death;_ylt=Avj9Mz29_0B41Kuf8kyjBfys0NUE Labor bureau: Japanese man, 45, died of overwork - Yahoo! News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The concept of death from overwork has also been turned into a computer game, named after the phenomenon. The player must kill themselves rather than survive a level.<ref>[http://www.karoshigame.com/]</ref>